Where once there was learning
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Where once there was learning
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 24 Jun 2021
This modern development of apartments stands on what was the old Mangotsfield Church of England school. That was itself derived from earlier attempts to school local children in what, was at the time, a rural location. There were several attempts to organise education, with some church schools and Dame schools founded, including use of the former workhouse gardens. But the real thrust occurred with the opening of Mangotsfield Church of England School on January 10th, 1876. By 1899 a Mission Room was added; the school served as an air raid centre in WWII, and later found use by the Scouts. However, the school was closed in 1999 and the pupils sent elsewhere. It was left to rack and ruin, later for a developer to build these houses in 2018. To mark the site of the old school, a sculpture was commissioned - see Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.484913
Longitude
-2.486144